Christine's words from yesterday, when we spoke about the hypnotic white of the Black Room facility, clung to me. I wasn't sure why, but the way she said it unsettled me—made me curious for answers to questions I didn't even know I had. I thought I was completely healed by this miracle drug. Turns out, anxiety was proving harder to shake.
Christine lay beside me as I dove face-first into the web, searching. My fingers skimmed across the keyboard, eyes darting from one letter to the next, the clicks barely audible. I typed out the words "Heightened Suggestibility" and hit search.
The results were exactly what I expected: hypnosis. A form of mind control therapists used to treat anxiety disorders, PTSD, addiction, and habit-related conditions. But it could also be used for darker pur
